Ginkgo Craig Hosta

Other Names: Plantain Lily, Funkia

Description:

Attractive mounds of narrow leaves are medium green and variegated with pure white margin; interesting purple striped flowers emerge in mid-summer, provide beautiful texture and contrast to other plants

Ornamental Features:

Ginkgo Craig Hosta features dainty spikes of purple tubular flowers with white stripes rising above the foliage from mid to late summer. It's attractive small textured narrow leaves remain emerald green in colour with showy white variegation throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Ginkgo Craig Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Insects

Ginkgo Craig Hosta is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Groundcover
• Border Edging

Plant Characteristics:

Ginkgo Craig Hosta will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity extending to 18 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.